Urgent help please - Wacker plate

mackdog · Post: # 6736Post **mackdog** Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:50 am

I am about to lay reclaimed 65mm concrete block pavings,my local hire centre dose not have the rubber mats for the underside of the plate,is it necessary for these kind of blocks please,Keith.

dig dug dan · Post: # 6737Post **dig dug dan** Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:14 pm

personally speaking no. But if you are worrried, and old piece of carpet clamped to the wacker with ratchet straps will work just as well! If anything, it helps to reduce the noise :;):

mackdog · Post: # 6738Post **mackdog** Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:22 pm

Thank you for your reply,Keith.

Post: # 6744Post **Tony McC** Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:30 pm

Don't fret about the neoprene sole - 99.9% of contractors don't!

Nigel Walker · Post: # 6745Post **Nigel Walker** Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:39 pm

Tony

I have a neoprene sole for my Belle Wacker Plate.
I only use it for certain types of pavoir. Marshalls Driveline Excel and Elite are examples - has anyone tried a normal plate on these pavoirs - what a mess it makes.
On most other types - Driveline 50, or Rumbled/Antique I just use the normal plate.

Isnt it funny how we all call them Wacker Plates when there is only 1 real Wacker - the rest are made by different manufacturers but called Wacker !!

Any one else got any other other tools etc called by the manufacturers name
ie Stihl Saw
Stanley Knife

Nigel

ps A happy new year to you all.
I cant wait to get back to work on Tuesday I am bored s***less !!!!

essexpaver · Post: # 6747Post **essexpaver** Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:40 pm

hmm had a nice private job over crimbo only have crimbo day off

but the money to good to turn down a groundworker by trade in the week day back to work tuesday

would love some time off :laugh:

Post: # 6749Post **Tony McC** Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:48 pm

I try to make sure I don't call 'em Wacker plates, but writing out "vibrating plate compactor" every time is hard work.

Even better is when they get called 'Whacker Plate' - some contractors and members of the public genuinely believe they were given that name because they 'whack down' the blocks!

Other 'generic' names - I grew up referring to asphalt paving machines as 'Barber Greens', because that's what my Dad used, but the classic has to be JCB - every wheeled excavator is a JCB to some people!

Alan Collinge · Post: # 6750Post **Alan Collinge** Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:41 pm

"Any one else got any other other tools etc called by the manufacturers name"

Not me personally but my wife has an excellent Electrolux Hoover :;):